Teacher recognised for reading skill development

A teacher on the New South Wales far south coast has been recognised for her efforts in providing a successful reading improvement trial.

Merimbula Public School's Kim Peters will be handed the Director-General's Award for Excellent Service to Public Education today.

Ms Peters provides English as a second language support at the school, and implemented the “Fast For Word” reading program.

She says the program takes a ground-breaking approach to literacy skills.

“Fast For Word is a neuroscience-based computer delivered program,” Ms Peters said.“It literally restructures the student's brains to correct some of the more common underlying learning difficulties like poor memory, weak sequencing skills, inability to focus on a task for a long period of time, and auditory processing delays.”